Hi, I may be buying a pair of these and could really use some help.I have never had a pair of speakers like this and have no clue....I understand I need a CD player with a volume control to hook them up to directly,possibly a cd player with volume control on the remote would be nice.....any suggestions? Also the paradigms have balanced xlr jacks on them....I have never used balanced cables and dont know whats required to do so....do I need a preamp for balanced cables.....any information,advice, or suggestions would be really appreciated.Thanks in advance. Mike